Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
Feb 16, 2001Cyberpunk/Biker Movie
The novelty of a Cyberpunk biker film, this is an efficient actioner and assemblage of paper-thin cliches and poses with almost nothing of substance beneath them
Giancarlo Esposito
Thirst (1998)
Apr 4, 2009Plague Outbreak
Rather dull plague outbreak drama tv movie based around a deadly outbreak at a water filtration plant
Monkeybone (2001)
Feb 23, 2001Cartoonist in the Afterlife
Henry Selick's first venture into live-action in which Brendan Fraser becomes trapped in a bizarre afterlife while a mischievous monkey steals his body
5ive Days to Midnight (2004)
Nov 21, 2018Briefcase from the Future
Mini-series with the intriguing premise of Timothy Hutton receiving a briefcase from the future with clues that foretells his death in five days time. This befalls utterly predictable handling and is padded out to fill a five-hour slot
Chupacabra Terror (2005)
Apr 19, 2018Chupacabra Loose on a Cruise Liner
A monster movie that is entirely by the book and undistinguished in any way except for its eye-raisingly gimmicky capsule premise ‘Chupacabra Loose on a Cruise Liner'
Alex Cross (2012)
Oct 19, 2012Serial Killer Thriller
Reboot of James Patterson's criminal profiler books makes the mistake of hiring an action director. Tyler Perry lacks the genius mental agility Morgan Freeman previously brought to the role but Matthew Fox does crazy well
Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
Jun 15, 2015Comic-Book Super-Villain Team-Up/Animation
This is more of a Suicide Squad than a Batman film. Based on the popular Arkham videogames, this a Justice League-type adventure but with super-villains where the emphasis is on dark humor and gleeful mayhem
Son of Batman (2014)
Aug 11, 2014Comic-Book Superhero/Animation
Another of the DC Universe Original Animated Movies, this devoted to the character of Batman's son Damian. Solid action, a well moving plot that makes good use of its characters, adding to a decent entry even if it is not up among the best of these animated DC films
The Scorch Trials (2015)
Oct 30, 2015Young Adult/Post-Holocaust Adventure
The Maze Runner was one of the better Young Adult films, creating an intriguing conceptual mystery; this sequel ignores all of that, even throws the book out and is essentially a jumble of random sf tropes that amount to no more than running, shooting and things exploding
The Jungle Book (2016)
Apr 23, 2016Jungle Boy
Live-action remake of the Disney film that gives the animals life through top of the line CGI effects. The results are impressive aided in large part by near-perfect voice casting
Okja (2017)
Jul 23, 2017Genetically-Engineered Super-Pigs
Boon Jong Ho's version of E.T., albeit one where E.T. is a genetically-engineered pig the size of an SUV, not to mention one with an oddball sense of humour that it is hard to imagine being enjoyed by young age groups
The Death Cure (2018)
Apr 21, 2018Young Adult/Dystopian-Post-Holocaust Adventure
The Maze Runner was a solid Young Adult effort that built out an effective Conceptual Breakthrough story; this, the second of two sequels, feeld like a series of canned action scenes in search of a purpose
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Sep 15, 2023Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were the pop culture phenomenon of the 1980s. They have not fared so well in the 2000s but this new animated film written by Seth Rogen is a promising start
MaXXXine (2024)
Aug 17, 20241980s Hollywood Psycho Film
Ti West and Mia Goth round out their trilogy of films begun with X with a psycho film set in 1980s Hollywood
Please Don’t Feed the Children (2024)
Jan 9, 2026Imprisonment Thriller/Zombie Film
Steven Spielberg’s daughter Destry makes her directorial debut with a confused mix of an imprisonment thriller and a zombie film, albeit a zombie film that only produces a single zombie
Abigail (2024)
May 31, 2024Vampire Kidnap Thriller
From the duo behind the Scream reboot films, a thriller about the kidnap of a young girl in the vein of From Dusk Till Dawn that abruptly pivots to become a vampire film
The Electric State (2025)
Mar 22, 2025The Robot Revolution
This is a film that had the capacity within its hands to be a classic work about A.I. and robotics. Adapted from the art of Simon Stålenhag and directed by the Russo Brothers who were behind the last two Avengers films
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Apr 26, 2025Comic-Book Superhero
The fourth Captain America film, where Anthony Mackie now takes over the shield and costume. And you really need to have been following MCU continuity to make sense of much of what is going on